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states, outside the united states worried that the intention of iran is to use that nuclear capacity to eliminate israel, to wipe it off the map. >> translator: so really the people of the united states are concerned? they're shaking? where do you -- what do you base this on? the rest of the nations are worried, preoccupied, and trembling with this thought? what for? we are friends with all nations. yourself as a reporter, you must know, as a member of the media, you must know that ahmadinejad is quite popular and is loved by everyone in iran and loves everyone in iran equally. most people are on the side of iran. there are more fundamental issues to be discussed perhaps. >> translator: iran is not -- >> but it's become repetitive, sir. for seven years i have been answering it for you. >> i understand. but every time you answer it raises more doubts. the problem the people have is you talk about elimination, you talk about wiping off -- >> translator: how do you pretend to speak on behalf of the people? it raises doubts and stirs doubts in whom? people have given you their vote of co
states, outside the united states worried that the intention of iran is to use that nuclear capacity to eliminate israel, to wipe it off the map. >> translator: so really the people of the united states are concerned? they're shaking? where do you -- what do you base this on? the rest of the nations are worried, preoccupied, and trembling with this thought? what for? we are friends with all nations. yourself as a reporter, you must know, as a member of the media, you must know that...
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they have a people that like the united states of america. in afghanistan we are having americans killed by "insiders." >> the troops that we're training. >> yeah. >> forces we are training in uniform. they just inflicted the greatest damage on kandahar since the tet offensive. they blew up irreplaceable aircraft, and it's because the president has consistently overruled the recommendations of his military advisors. the chickens are coming home to roost, and the president won't even talk about it. >> let me ask you two quick questions. one of them i just want to say cnn did not put out the ambassador's diary. we did a report off of it. i want to make that clear to our viewers. >> by the way, i don't have a problem with that. the reason why the administration objected so vigorously because what was in what cnn reported. since when are we not going to publish materials that probably would compromise to our enemies. >> let me ask you, peter king has called for ambassador rice to resign. do you agree? >> i they she's the messenger. i mean, for he
they have a people that like the united states of america. in afghanistan we are having americans killed by "insiders." >> the troops that we're training. >> yeah. >> forces we are training in uniform. they just inflicted the greatest damage on kandahar since the tet offensive. they blew up irreplaceable aircraft, and it's because the president has consistently overruled the recommendations of his military advisors. the chickens are coming home to roost, and the...
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the united states has 11 aircraft carriers. the rest of the world has grand total of ten. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> the media drumbeat is under way. do or die. can he score, land a big punch, knock out his big opponent in the first of the presidential debate this week? >> if the president does well in the debates, he'll probably win the election. >>> if mitt romney cannot successfully deal with his slander against 47% of the american people, his campaign will die on the spot on that debate stage. >> but are the pundits overdramatizing the impact of these televised events? what about paul ryan saying this morning the media are rooting for barack obama to win and was it more important for the president to do this -- >> you're very happy that you came on with us, mrs. obama, and brought your date. >> i brought him. he had a few minutes in his schedule. >> i told folks i'm just supposed to be eye candy for you guys. >> -- than to meet with world leaders at the u.n. how do comedian
the united states has 11 aircraft carriers. the rest of the world has grand total of ten. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> the media drumbeat is under way. do or die. can he score, land a big punch, knock out his big opponent in the first of the presidential debate this week? >> if the president does well in the debates, he'll probably win the election. >>> if mitt romney...
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we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." certainly a critical voting block. military voters out there, both president obama and mitt romney, they are aggressively kourting them. jim acosta is traveling with a governor romney and he has a lot going on right now, jim? >> that's right, wolf. and mitt romney is out to make the case that the best defense is a better economy. >> in battle ground virginia both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery. romney slammed the president for the defense cuts coming at the end of the year. >> it is still a troubled and dangerous world and the idea of cutting our military commitment by a trillion over this decade is unthinkable. and devastating. and when i become president of the united states, we will stop it. i will not cut our commitment to our military. >> the president once again blasted romney's hidden camera comments on the 47% of americans he dubbed victims of government dependence. >> i don't think we can get
we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." certainly a critical voting block. military voters out there, both president obama and mitt romney, they are aggressively kourting them. jim acosta is traveling with a governor romney and he has a lot going on right now, jim? >> that's right, wolf. and mitt romney is out to make the case that the best defense is a better economy. >> in battle ground...
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. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very good speaker. >> now, he is a very good speaker, i am sure in the debates, as last time with senator john mccain he will be very eloquent. >> reporter: and it is not only mitt romney playing that game, so is the obama campaign. >> what history tells us, the challenger wins the first debate just due to the fact they are standing on the stage with the president. so they come into it as the underdog,ing so we're coming into it very realistic that mitt romney will win, if he plays his cards right. >> stephanie cutter making those comments on piers morgan. now what is the idea? pretty simple, lower the bar, so if your candidate does better it is considered a big victory on debate night. how much are americans really paying attention? i don't know, what they really want to hear on wednesday night is what the candidates will do to make things better. >>> and president obama and mitt romney face to face as american voters weigh in on the election choice. the first presidential debate, as paul said, next wednesday night. watch it live here
. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very good speaker. >> now, he is a very good speaker, i am sure in the debates, as last time with senator john mccain he will be very eloquent. >> reporter: and it is not only mitt romney playing that game, so is the obama campaign. >> what history tells us, the challenger wins the first debate just due to the fact they are standing on the stage with the president. so they come into it as the underdog,ing so we're...
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. >> he's president of the united states. he's a very effective speaker. he's a very eloquent speaker. so i'm sure in the debates, as in last time with his debates with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> they say talk up the other guy. take a listen to stephanie cutter, she was on "piers morgan" last night. >> what history tells us, that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact that they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them. they normally come into these things as underdogs. we're coming in very realistic, that mitt romney is likely to win the he plays his cards right. >> there are a lot more of these lowering the bar expectation between now and wednesday night, the big showdown in denver, colorado. >> so interesting to hear mitt romney use the word "eloquent," especially when he described the 47, he said sometimes i don't say things so eloquently. >>> president obama and mitt romney come face to face as american voters weigh their voice. the first presidential debate starts wednesday night, october 3rd
. >> he's president of the united states. he's a very effective speaker. he's a very eloquent speaker. so i'm sure in the debates, as in last time with his debates with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> they say talk up the other guy. take a listen to stephanie cutter, she was on "piers morgan" last night. >> what history tells us, that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact that they're standing on the stage with the president. that...
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not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them and normally come into this as underdogs. we're coming into this very realistic mitt romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. >> reporter: while the candidates themselves are laying low today, the running mates will be in the spotlight. >> tell us about what paul ryan is doing this weekend while mitt romney is rehearsing and getting ready in massachusetts. >> reporter: you got it. in an hour he will be behind me. we're in dairy, new hampshire. not far from massachusetts. it is a battleground state with four electoral votes up
not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just...
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>> i generally see the prime minister when he's in the united states. i have shown it to his national security advisor. >> you know him well. how will he react to this? >> well, i hope he will react positively. he will react as any prime minister would, somewhat skeptically after abbas' speech at the u.n. yesterday which was just terrible, just attack after attack after attack, and no opportunity to really reconcile, but he speaks differently to the world audience, to the u.n. and to folks like me. >> to be fair, i watched netanyahu's speech. he barely mentioned the palestinian peace process. he gave it piecemeal. he was much more focused on ahmadinejad and iran. >> look, the palestinians do not pose an existential threat to israel. i think they should resolve this issue in a two-state solution. iran, one bomb could destroy israel as one of the heads of iran recently said. if one bomb were dropped on israel it would destroy israel forever. israel might retaliate and kill 10 or 20 million muslims but there are 110 million of them. so israel has to put th
>> i generally see the prime minister when he's in the united states. i have shown it to his national security advisor. >> you know him well. how will he react to this? >> well, i hope he will react positively. he will react as any prime minister would, somewhat skeptically after abbas' speech at the u.n. yesterday which was just terrible, just attack after attack after attack, and no opportunity to really reconcile, but he speaks differently to the world audience, to the u.n....
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> congratulations on that. that was very well done. it was a mess. i was so nervous. >> were you? >> yes. it was -- it was so energizing and being there, like the platform was shaking. that's how -- how crazy the crowd was. >> i don't like speaking publicly when i don't have to be funny. >> we would all go along with that. two of my favorite ladies in hollywood talking my favorite subject, politics. chelsea handler's late night show, "chelsea lately" has a huge surprise when it unveils its stunning new stage at universal studios october 15th, in a few weeks. she's back with me now for round three of our interview exchanges. >> i missed you so much. >> how are you? >> desperate to see you. desperate. >> i am sickened to see you. >> why? >> because you have a s
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in the aftermath, the united states had a bead on four and very good information on one. but there were also information and there was some activities obviously from the libyan authorities as well. >> so, let me ask you, jeff porter, about something that eli just said. advanced military assault. precision aimed rockets. this isn't something you just do because you feel like it. >> right. you know, but it's important to understand about the libyan security environment that it's very porous. there's abundant weaponry. that's all been stolen from gadhafi's arsenals during the revolution. there is in security services. so, when we talk about preplanned, we have to decide whether it was something that had been planned months in advance, weeks in advance or something that was hastily put together, a couple of cell phone calls half an hour before. they knew ambassador stevens was there and seized the moment. so it may have been planned, but 30 minutes beforehand. >> and of course we get into the whole question of immediate aftermath. when did u.s. intelligence now, when did they
in the aftermath, the united states had a bead on four and very good information on one. but there were also information and there was some activities obviously from the libyan authorities as well. >> so, let me ask you, jeff porter, about something that eli just said. advanced military assault. precision aimed rockets. this isn't something you just do because you feel like it. >> right. you know, but it's important to understand about the libyan security environment that it's very...
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states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the american people. the president appreciates the work she does every day and he is looking forwards to her continued work. this is in reaction that she misled people the sunday after the killing of the u.s. ambassador in libya. he also makes the point that everything she said in that interview was cleared by interagency group based on the latest information that the u.s. had, and certainly nothing was designed to mislead the american people. clearly since those five interviews, u.s. intelligence has not concluded that it was a deliberate effort to kill the u.s. ambassador, and it was an affiliate or inspired by al qaeda, so a strong state for susan rice from the white house coming into cnn only opponents ago. other news we're following, this week's informal ref controversy involving the botched call at the end of the monday night football game
states ambassador to the united states should resign. i just spoke with the spokesman for the national security council and he says rice has done extraordinary work at the united nations and for the american people. the president appreciates the work she does every day and he is looking forwards to her continued work. this is in reaction that she misled people the sunday after the killing of the u.s. ambassador in libya. he also makes the point that everything she said in that interview was...
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bush in 2000, al gore, the vice president of the united states, was seen as a great debate, george w. bush not so much. but then al gore, you know, had some fumbles and in terms of the sighing he did and a lot of people were paying attention to that. and bush all of a sudden looked a whole lot better. these debates can be significant for relatively trivial things like that, if, for example, and you remember when the first president bush, george h.w. bush, you know, at one of the presidential debates started looking at his watch and it looked like he was ready to move on. let's get out of here, already. that hurt him, i think, in his re-election bid against bill clinton back in 1992. it is part of the game. it is what goes on. but i think these debates are going to be really, really important for that, 6%, 7%, 8% who are legitimately undecided or switchable, haven't completely made up their minds. they're going to be watching the three presidential debates, the one vice presidential debate in october. and they'll make up their minds. i think all the people who are voting now early, the
bush in 2000, al gore, the vice president of the united states, was seen as a great debate, george w. bush not so much. but then al gore, you know, had some fumbles and in terms of the sighing he did and a lot of people were paying attention to that. and bush all of a sudden looked a whole lot better. these debates can be significant for relatively trivial things like that, if, for example, and you remember when the first president bush, george h.w. bush, you know, at one of the presidential...
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s system to try to put pressure on israel and the united states. they are saying that we want to be as close to a u.n. member independent state as possible. and that means an upgrade to an observer nonmember status. potentially more inclusion in u.n. organizations including criminal court systems, areas where they could potentially sue against israel, so to speak, on issues such as occupy territories and what they call terrorist acts against the palestinians. >> all right, richard roth at the u.n., thanks so much. >>> we have a lot more to cover in the next two hours including a michigan driveway, a theory, a legendary mystery about a notorious crime figure. do we know yet what happened to jimmy hoffa? >>> and here we go again, l.a. drivers are bracing for carmageddon part two, opening soon near hollywood. hey, i love your cereal there -- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fibe
s system to try to put pressure on israel and the united states. they are saying that we want to be as close to a u.n. member independent state as possible. and that means an upgrade to an observer nonmember status. potentially more inclusion in u.n. organizations including criminal court systems, areas where they could potentially sue against israel, so to speak, on issues such as occupy territories and what they call terrorist acts against the palestinians. >> all right, richard roth at...
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when i'm elected president of the united states, we will restore our military. we will not cut our military commitment. >> mitt romney of pennsylvania in a very critical swing state. >> is he concerned that this means something aggressive? >> the syrian ridge i'm, because of their own security concerns, because of the deteriorating security situation inside syria has moved some chemical weapons to consolidate some of the main sites, but i want you to listen to what he had to say because he then offered a bit of a different take on it. have a listen. >> those sites do remain secured by the syrian military. there has been intelligence that there have been some moves that have taken place. where exactly that's taken place we don't know. >> there have been some moves, and where exactly that's taken place, we don't know. it's a little difficult to figure out how the secretary can say everything is secure when he also says there's been some moves and they really don't know very much about it. >> this is something being watched around the clock. >> that would be an opt
when i'm elected president of the united states, we will restore our military. we will not cut our military commitment. >> mitt romney of pennsylvania in a very critical swing state. >> is he concerned that this means something aggressive? >> the syrian ridge i'm, because of their own security concerns, because of the deteriorating security situation inside syria has moved some chemical weapons to consolidate some of the main sites, but i want you to listen to what he had to...
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i think they're both solid debaters, the president of the united states, i moderate rated four debates four years ago when he did debates and didn't have to do any this cycle because no one was challenging him for the democratic presidential nomination. i did moderate four last time including that final one-on-one debate that he did with hillary clinton at the kodak theater in los angeles and he is very good and hillary clinton i thought was a better debater and ironically joe biden and chris dodd did really well and the president obviously got the democratic nomination. he is a very solid debater. i moderate rated four republican presidential debates with mitt romney and i have the same feeling about him. very solid. knows his stuff. these will be really good debates. they both know their stuff and i am looking forward to it and i am not lowering or raising anybody's expectations. i think the challenge will be on both to get the job done 90 minutes. there are strict rules as you know next wednesday night, how long they can speak and rebuttle and what the moderators can do if you will
i think they're both solid debaters, the president of the united states, i moderate rated four debates four years ago when he did debates and didn't have to do any this cycle because no one was challenging him for the democratic presidential nomination. i did moderate four last time including that final one-on-one debate that he did with hillary clinton at the kodak theater in los angeles and he is very good and hillary clinton i thought was a better debater and ironically joe biden and chris...
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. >> he's president of the united states. he's a very effective speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker. so, i'm sure, in the debates as last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: what they're trying to do is lowering the bar, expectations, so if mitt romney does better in this debates next wednesday in denver. >> caller: they will say it's a great victory for him. this is what campaigns do. i don't know if americans really care but definitely what the campaigns do. >> curious they're saying mitt romney has absolutely no experience. he participate in 20 debates during the primaries. don't those count? >> yeah. bingo. that's what the obama campaign is doing because they're doing the same thing, trying to lower the bar as well. a lot of their surrogates have been saying similar things. listen to robert gibbs on the sunday talk shows. >> look, mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he's been through 20 of these debates in this primaries over the last year. he even bragged he was declared the win
. >> he's president of the united states. he's a very effective speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker. so, i'm sure, in the debates as last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: what they're trying to do is lowering the bar, expectations, so if mitt romney does better in this debates next wednesday in denver. >> caller: they will say it's a great victory for him. this is what campaigns do. i don't know if americans really care but definitely...
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our position and the united states position are almost identical. we have to continue talking to see what we can do to prevent the iranians from achieving a nuclear bomb. >> almost identical. interesting. n netanyahu warns it will be too late if something isn't done. i should add mitt romney will speak to netanyahu as well. >>> thoses who family members were killed in the theater will have until today to visit. the theater should reopen around the end of the year. >>> another morning at the new york jfk busy airport but busy yesterday. a bomb scare called for one terminal to be evacuated and they foulednd a grenade-type it. the passenger told them the item was fake and it was advocated anyway and turned out it was a paper weight. >>> and a trivia question on who wants to be a millionaire. take a look. >> what tv personality has been named one of the top 100 irish americans and also a member of the national association of hispanic journalists? erin burnett, soledad o'brien, neil ca vut t-cavuto, rachel maddow. >> i said i wouldn't guess. top 100 iris
our position and the united states position are almost identical. we have to continue talking to see what we can do to prevent the iranians from achieving a nuclear bomb. >> almost identical. interesting. n netanyahu warns it will be too late if something isn't done. i should add mitt romney will speak to netanyahu as well. >>> thoses who family members were killed in the theater will have until today to visit. the theater should reopen around the end of the year. >>>...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. 100 calories... it's hard to see opportunity in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management >>> we are minding your business. u.s. trading future
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the president of the united states, busy. the prime minister's schedule was very narrow, and we couldn't make it happen during that time slot. but the prime minister is meeting with the secretary of state clinton tonight. he's having another conversation with president obama tomorrow on the phone. president obama has said he has spent more hours face-to-face talking to prime minister netanyahu, talking to him on the phone than any other foreign leader, and that's going on -- that level of conversation is going on at all different levels. >> ambassador, thank you. >> always. >>> well, president obama, as we said, and obviously as you know, has been getting a lot of heat from his critics for not meeting face-to-face with prime minister netanyahu or any other world leaders during the u.n.'s meeting or at least scheduling such meetings. the fact he made time this week to go on the talk show "the view" only gave his critics more fuel. i spoke earlier to cnn political analyst david gergen and white house correspondent dan lothian.
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particularly with the united states. where they believe, whether it's true or not, but they believe that the u.s. is out to get them. out to destroy the regime and overthrow the regime. even this recent delisting of the opposition group that was in iraq, they claim is another example of the u.s. only interested in changing the regime. we have many, many issues between the u.s. and iran over the 30 years, the nuclear age has gotten to the point now where we have harsh, harsh sanctions hurting the people, the economy, everyone. probably not the regime so much. >> not as tough as they should, at least from our reporting. if you were really trying to shut things down. >> well, they're not that lenient. i think people find a way to get around. >> leaky. >> sorry. but i think that right now, with these sanctions, iran would like to come kind of f agreement with the west, but they want sanctions lifted, or at least some. so far, that hasn't happened. i think it's an election year. given there's not going to be an israeli strike
particularly with the united states. where they believe, whether it's true or not, but they believe that the u.s. is out to get them. out to destroy the regime and overthrow the regime. even this recent delisting of the opposition group that was in iraq, they claim is another example of the u.s. only interested in changing the regime. we have many, many issues between the u.s. and iran over the 30 years, the nuclear age has gotten to the point now where we have harsh, harsh sanctions hurting...
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let's bring in the israeli ambassador to the united states. ambassador michael oren joining us from new york. he's been spending all this time with the prime minister. mr. ambassador, thanks for coming in. >> always good to be with you, wolf. >> clearly israelis, your prime minister, has literally drawn a red line. by implication it suggests that's not necessarily enough. you need the united states to draw that same red line if the iranians are going to back down. and you haven't heard the obama administration do that yet. is that the issue right now? >> well, as the prime minister said to the general assembly today, wolf, the drawing of the red line is designed to give diplomacy and sanctions more time to work. we believe by drawing that red line you won't be increasing the chances of military engagement, you'll be significantly lessening the chances of a military engagement because the iranians have been presented with red lines in the past in the straits of hormuz and they've backed down. we know they can see the color red. we're engaged in
let's bring in the israeli ambassador to the united states. ambassador michael oren joining us from new york. he's been spending all this time with the prime minister. mr. ambassador, thanks for coming in. >> always good to be with you, wolf. >> clearly israelis, your prime minister, has literally drawn a red line. by implication it suggests that's not necessarily enough. you need the united states to draw that same red line if the iranians are going to back down. and you haven't...
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last friday jay carney said there's no difference of israel and the united states. with the red lines. u.s. and israel committed to preventing iran of achieving a nuclear weapon and president obama echoed the themes a couple of days ago. however, i don't think the white house and the u.s. wants to be pushed in to on such a high profile stage battered with making a public ultimatum of red lines to iran so the speech is out. used graphics. netanyahu, former ambassador. when you listen to dozens of speeches in the room, never hurts to have some props with you. they do it in congress a lot. >> i think for a lot of people perhaps it worked. one question is, as he was speaking there were some bursts of applause. i'm curious, were those assembly members? was that public audience? who would that have been? >> reporter: well, we're trying to figure out but i think the delegations, especially here israel and a little bit with the palestinians, brought in extra people with the delegations. they sat way in the back. they may have needed tickets for this and think israel may hav
last friday jay carney said there's no difference of israel and the united states. with the red lines. u.s. and israel committed to preventing iran of achieving a nuclear weapon and president obama echoed the themes a couple of days ago. however, i don't think the white house and the u.s. wants to be pushed in to on such a high profile stage battered with making a public ultimatum of red lines to iran so the speech is out. used graphics. netanyahu, former ambassador. when you listen to dozens...
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if israel is trying to work with the united states, has been trying to push the united states to come up with what a consequences will be, israel has talked about the fact that everything is still on the table. and everything you can read in to that mean that is a strike is possible. the question is, whether it's a unilateral strike. there's a new poll put out here this month and asked israelis whether or not they thought it was a good idea if provoked that they would go for a unilateral strike here in israel without the backing of the u.s. 65% of israelis polled said, no. they believe they need the backing of the u.s. i think it's pretty clear the israeli leaders say they need the backing of the u.s. an seeing a lot of talks and tension between the united states and israel. does the united states plan on backing israel if it decides a strike is necessary? >> president obama speaking tuesday in front of the general assembly stressing the u.s. would and i quote do what we must to stop teheran. hasn't ruled out military options but would like to see sanctions and multilateral negotiatio
if israel is trying to work with the united states, has been trying to push the united states to come up with what a consequences will be, israel has talked about the fact that everything is still on the table. and everything you can read in to that mean that is a strike is possible. the question is, whether it's a unilateral strike. there's a new poll put out here this month and asked israelis whether or not they thought it was a good idea if provoked that they would go for a unilateral strike...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> did you ever want to know what the world actually looks like under water? now you k. google has a neat, pretty cool new underwater mapping feature. they call it sea
i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> did you ever want to know what the world actually looks like under water? now you k. google has a neat, pretty cool new underwater mapping feature....
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. >>> the palestinian, israel, iran and the united states and our place within those names. it's all about to be front and center at the united nations today. we have live pictures for you right now. world leaders all taking their turns at the lectern. ours has been there as are a number of other top leaders. and today no exception. today netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will be taking the stage. and all of this is coming in just the next hour. mr. abbas will be up first. he's expected to ask the united nations to give his people the palestinian authority nonmember observer status. that's an expanded kind of status than he has right now. this after last year's failed bid to win u.n. recognition of a palestinian state. now, shortly after he speaks, israel's prime minister will take the podium p. and mr. netanyahu is expected to focus on iran rather than on palestinians. he's likely going to warn the united nations about the threat that israel faces from iran's controversial nuclear program, but his warnings take on a new sense of urgency after making it clear that israel would pre
. >>> the palestinian, israel, iran and the united states and our place within those names. it's all about to be front and center at the united nations today. we have live pictures for you right now. world leaders all taking their turns at the lectern. ours has been there as are a number of other top leaders. and today no exception. today netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will be taking the stage. and all of this is coming in just the next hour. mr. abbas will be up first. he's expected to...
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across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the stories for the day the question this morning, should michelle obama's school lunch program continue? food fight. you knew it was coming. i mean what kid likes to eat his fruits and vegetables? kansas city, kids are dumping apples and parties and yearning for more of that yummy square cafeteria pizza. forget that school lunches are now healthier thanks to new guidelines spearheaded by michelle obama and passed by congress. they mandate calorie count us in school lunches for high schoolers that means between 750 and 850 calories per meal. studsmentes say, hey, you are staffing us and using their hunger pains to create a parody. i ♪ by the time you go to breakfast and you feel like falling down ♪ ♪ i'll carry
across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the stories for the day the question this morning, should michelle obama's school lunch program continue? food fight. you knew it was coming. i mean what kid likes to eat his fruits and...
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states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions. &she's g and she's got the numbers to back it up. a study showed pollack's court saved the county as much as $30 million a year over a five-year period. basically, the difference in the cost of treatment and counseling versus incarceration. >> if we can keep them out of the critical justice system at this level, then we will save billions and billions in prison costs. >> reporter: for the white house, it's a multi-layered approach. focus on education and prevention, treat drugs and addiction as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice concern. law enforcement continues choking off the supply. this year, the f
states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions....
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especially the united states. and israel while iran is a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty, israel is not. one of the fears right now is that iran is going to go nuclear. israel is already nuclear. and then this is going to spark a whole arms race in the middle east. so a nuclear race in the middle east. so a lot of countries now are saying, listen, we have to address this double standard and have a nuclear-free middle east and israel doesn't even want to talk about it. >> i want to get back to ahmadinejad for a moment. we've been saying this is believed to be his last appearance, because he's going to stop down from power at the end of the year. this is a man who's a president but acts look a dictator. he has a big personality. is there any reason to believe this man will go down quietly? >> i think he's prepared to leave office. there's a lot of tensions within iran right now. he's not very popular. several times almost lost his job but has managed to hang on, i think in large part because of his challeng
especially the united states. and israel while iran is a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty, israel is not. one of the fears right now is that iran is going to go nuclear. israel is already nuclear. and then this is going to spark a whole arms race in the middle east. so a nuclear race in the middle east. so a lot of countries now are saying, listen, we have to address this double standard and have a nuclear-free middle east and israel doesn't even want to talk about it. >> i want...
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>> mitt romney is not the president of the united states. the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> i remember they did that with ronald reagan. he was pretty successful. reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran. iran was five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten years away from becoming nuclear. iran now could be a month away, two months away, two years away. under president obama iran has by three times increased the uranium and made it much more enriched than it was originally. that's a massive change in a short period of time. of course obama has a bad history of begging to negotiate. wrote a letter to the ayatollah six months ago wanting to talk to him. >> what would mitt romney do differently? mitt romney talking to george stephanop
>> mitt romney is not the president of the united states. the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> i remember they did that with ronald reagan. he was pretty successful. reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times....
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president obama opening up a big lead in what may be the most crucial swing state in the united states. ohio. the republican candidate took note. >> welcome to cuyahoga county where we have more republicans register . we're going to deliver, too. so -- >> i need it in a big way, all right? >> he had a sense of humor, but he'll need more than just cuyahoga county to turn those poll numbers around. peter hamby joins me now. i know you had a chance to talk to strategists. what did they tell you? >> most republicans in ohio don't think the situation is that dire yet. they do acknowledge both inside the campaign and outside that they are losing and the main reason that the republicans in ohio point to is that romney doesn't really have a cohesive message and said this is why you should throw barack obama out and install me as president. the key issue is the bailout of chrysler and general motors that the president pushed through. they say romney hasn't been able to come up with a consistent answer to this and the obama campaign has been hammering on this. one republican i talked to put it v
president obama opening up a big lead in what may be the most crucial swing state in the united states. ohio. the republican candidate took note. >> welcome to cuyahoga county where we have more republicans register . we're going to deliver, too. so -- >> i need it in a big way, all right? >> he had a sense of humor, but he'll need more than just cuyahoga county to turn those poll numbers around. peter hamby joins me now. i know you had a chance to talk to strategists. what...
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the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran. it was seven, eight, nine ten years away from becoming nuclear. it could be months a year two years away. under president obama iran has by three times increased the uranium and made it much more enriched than originally. that's a massive change in a short period of time. of course obama has a bad history of begging to negotiate. wrote a letter to the ie toll ya six months ago wanting to talk to him. >> george stephanopoulos said he had the same red line as president obama. >> we don't know what president obama's red line is since he won't share it with us. won't share it with prime minister netanyahu. he wants it to be as fuzzy as possible. if he wants to do that and communicate that private
the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran. it was seven, eight, nine ten years away from becoming nuclear. it could be...
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the president of the united states -- the president of the united states should be communicating is that he will take military action. >> no president ever says we're going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options on the table. >> ronald reagan made it pretty clear he was going to take action, he pointed missiles at the soviet union. >> was bush wrong when he didn't say we are going to bomb you, he said all options are on the table. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran, they were five, six, seven, eight, nine years from being becoming nuclear. iran now could be months washg a year away, two years away. iran has three times increased the uranium and made it much more enriched than originally. that is a massive change in a very short period of time. and, of course, obama has a bad history of begging to negotiate. wrote a letter to the ayatollah six months to talk to him. >> what would mitt romney do better? he had the same red line as president obama? >> we don't know. we don't know what president obama's red line is, since he won't share it with us, won't share
the president of the united states -- the president of the united states should be communicating is that he will take military action. >> no president ever says we're going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options on the table. >> ronald reagan made it pretty clear he was going to take action, he pointed missiles at the soviet union. >> was bush wrong when he didn't say we are going to bomb you, he said all options are on the table. >> this was a long time ago when...
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because frankly it was the united states embassy we're talking about which supposedly is united states tear toirks at least the inside of it. >> right. but internationally, host country always provides the outer perimeter security. so if they failed to do that, then if there's enough people causing an attack it's going to be like the alamo. are going to be able to overwhelm an embassy or consulate. >> so you need host country help. >> you need host country along with adequate security on your part. but definitely the host country has to keep them out of the perimeter in the first place. >> another part this letter. it seems like a pre-11 mindset treating a act of war solely as a criminal matter rather than also prioritizing the gathering of intelligence to preconvenient future attacks." a pre9/11 mindset? >> that's also absurd. the government, the fbi, the cia, the mill takers all of the intelligence assets of the united states have completely been transformed since 9/11. there's a much different level of cooperation and aggressive efforts overseas to try to get to the bottom of some o
because frankly it was the united states embassy we're talking about which supposedly is united states tear toirks at least the inside of it. >> right. but internationally, host country always provides the outer perimeter security. so if they failed to do that, then if there's enough people causing an attack it's going to be like the alamo. are going to be able to overwhelm an embassy or consulate. >> so you need host country help. >> you need host country along with adequate...
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states could learn from this. a . but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ [ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and whi
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we have the statement by the muggies united nations, the spokesperson for the united states at the united nations. over the past couple of days would you have season ahmadinejad use his trip to the u.n. not to talk about aspirations of the iranian people but to, instead, spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against israel. now, actually, he didn't do a lot of that. perhaps his statement, you know, coming in advance was kind of based on things he had said in the past. there were a couple of references to sfwlionnism, and they were kind of par for the course. >> jill, thank you so much. appreciate it. sheers what we're working on for this hour. >> i still remember the desert. they had to sleep in the desert because we had been walking for hours. we just prayed that nothing would happen. >> she spoke no english when she was brought to the u.s. as a little girl, and she's been here illegally ever since. what to do about illegal immigration? it's a big issue divided mitt romney and president barack obama. >>> plus, when you hear the word auction, you think of paintings and antiques. but
we have the statement by the muggies united nations, the spokesperson for the united states at the united nations. over the past couple of days would you have season ahmadinejad use his trip to the u.n. not to talk about aspirations of the iranian people but to, instead, spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against israel. now, actually, he didn't do a lot of that. perhaps his statement, you know, coming in advance was kind of based on things he had said in the past. there were a couple...
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the united states decided not to even walk out. they didn't even walk in. they issued a statement. maybe we can read that statement if we have it. yes. coming from the spokesperson the spokeswoman for the moan mission to the united nations. over the past couple of days we've seen mr. ahmadinejad once again use his trip to the u.n. not to address the legitimate aspirations of the iranian people, but to, instead, spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against israel." now, they were there, a couple references, but not as much as you might expect about israel. they talked about zionism and the uncivilized zionist threats. that is what i heard. perhaps there were a couple more. it wasn't really, you know, let's attack israel at all. >> we're talking about ejust a minute's new president morsi. we know he has already visit d iran, and all eyes are going to be on him in terms of whether or not he really can control and rule his own country. what do we expect to learn from his address? >> well, you're right. i mean, in a sense he is kind of aligning a little bit many terms of iran too
the united states decided not to even walk out. they didn't even walk in. they issued a statement. maybe we can read that statement if we have it. yes. coming from the spokesperson the spokeswoman for the moan mission to the united nations. over the past couple of days we've seen mr. ahmadinejad once again use his trip to the u.n. not to address the legitimate aspirations of the iranian people, but to, instead, spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against israel." now, they were...
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his message is the united states is oppressing the world. it is, you know, an imperial list country and i, the leader of iran, am leading the charge against imperialism. so i think you're going to hear a lot of that. now in line with that he will often go over the top in terms of attacking israel, talking about, you know, the term things the united states does, but i do think we might -- you know, we might get him trying to make his mark in history. >> i want to ask you, maybe we can switch to some pictures outside the u.n., because as was not unexpected, jill, here are the protests that typically follow this leader throughout new york in fact. there have been protests outside of his hotel. who are's a live protest outside the u.n. various different groups. a lot of iranian americans. i'm following live pictures inside the u.n. he's taken the chair beside the lectern. it will be interesting to watch to see if any other delegations walk out. maybe others have joined the united nations in boycotting to start with. jill, there have been some co
his message is the united states is oppressing the world. it is, you know, an imperial list country and i, the leader of iran, am leading the charge against imperialism. so i think you're going to hear a lot of that. now in line with that he will often go over the top in terms of attacking israel, talking about, you know, the term things the united states does, but i do think we might -- you know, we might get him trying to make his mark in history. >> i want to ask you, maybe we can...
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>> reporter: to the president of the united states. who says -- i've been saying for months, we've got to get our refs back. oh, mr. president, that is a bipartisan plea. roger goodell, the nfl commission sir trying. now from contracts with the once beloved men in stripes. players yearn for their return too, although not many are willing to put their money where their mouths are. >> what would you give of your own salary to get the real refs back? >> i'm not going to get into that. you know, let the league take care of that. so i try not to worry about that, just worry about the things i can control. >> reporter: what's a fan to do? espn is pushing ten ways to make your outrage known. among them, swear off watching games four games a week. use negative hash tags about the nfl and roger goodell and boo the games you do attend. fan wes tas we talked to were receptive. >> watch something else. >> i'm not watching the thursday night game. tell you that. >> reporter: the sad part, just about everyone agrees the whole replacement ref controv
>> reporter: to the president of the united states. who says -- i've been saying for months, we've got to get our refs back. oh, mr. president, that is a bipartisan plea. roger goodell, the nfl commission sir trying. now from contracts with the once beloved men in stripes. players yearn for their return too, although not many are willing to put their money where their mouths are. >> what would you give of your own salary to get the real refs back? >> i'm not going to get into...
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and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very sidelined at home. not very strong right now. i think he'd like to use the world stage as a bullying pulpit, if you will, and then when he talks about this new world order, it has a lot of resonance in some of the countries that do feel like the united states and the western countries, the permanent members of the security council, call all the shots. so while he says a lot of things that are, rhetoric that's very fiery, at the same time, he does have an audience, he's not just speaking for himself. >> people have been asking to tone it down, ban ki-moon -- >> ban ki-moon, u.n. secretary-general said, listen,
and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very...
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so what president obama did was, listen, the united states definitely approve of the video. but when we are talking about dma acy in the region, this is a part of that. >> the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression. it is more speech. the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry and bl blasphemy. >> some of the leaders say we need to have some international law banning blasphemy and the anti-religious rhetoric. not just in their own countries where it exists but around the world. listen to the president, hamid karzai, talking about this subject. >> such acts cannot be called freedom of speech or explex. equally, they cannot give reason for the protests to be used inside the terrible losses of lives. >> what president obama did then was said, listen, if you want to have blasphemy be horrible, then you have to talk about a church being burned in israel and if the holocaust is -- this type of rhetoric is horrible but we all have to speak out about it. >> it highlights educational difference. everyone says violence is not what you should result to. we wa
so what president obama did was, listen, the united states definitely approve of the video. but when we are talking about dma acy in the region, this is a part of that. >> the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression. it is more speech. the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry and bl blasphemy. >> some of the leaders say we need to have some international law banning blasphemy and the anti-religious rhetoric. not just in their own countries where it exists...
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you know, when saddam went into kuwait and the united states was able to round up all those friends, a lot of that had to do with the personal relationships that george bush senior had established over time, and people give you the benefit of the doubt when there's skepticism. look at the distrust that exists between netanyahu and president obama on that very issue alone. we could have a conflict with iran that sort of comes through just the two people not having a very good personal relationship and maybe misreading each other. i think these things are very, very important in international diplomacy, especially in the middle east. >> critics of governor romney say look, he's done his share of light interviews but it's a different, i mean, the standard for somebody campaigning who is not in public office and somebody who is president of the united states is very different. >> it's very different. look, you get the benefits. one thing that people forget is when you have a foreign crisis, when you have foreign issues, the president has an enormous benefit against his challenger because
you know, when saddam went into kuwait and the united states was able to round up all those friends, a lot of that had to do with the personal relationships that george bush senior had established over time, and people give you the benefit of the doubt when there's skepticism. look at the distrust that exists between netanyahu and president obama on that very issue alone. we could have a conflict with iran that sort of comes through just the two people not having a very good personal...